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Background At the end of the 1990s, Hugh High was a professor in the Department of Economics, University of Cape Town, in South Africa. During his career he was also a consultant to the South African Tobacco Institute. 1 Advertising and Smoking In 1998, Professor Hugh High visited the UK at the invitation of the Institute of Economic…

Howard Parks was appointed Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Japan Tobacco International (JTI) in 2016, and has been on the company’s Executive Committee since 2017.910 Long-Standing Career with Japan Tobacco International In 1982, Parks began at RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co. in Research and Development and has held several marketing and research roles within the…

Howard A. Willard III was Chairman, Director and Chief Executive Officer of Altria from May 2018 until his retirement from the company in April 2020.14 He was replaced as CEO by William Gifford and as Chairman of the Board by Thomas Farrell.15 Long Standing Career with the Tobacco Industry Willard joined Philip Morris USA (a…

‘How to set up a Tobacco Alliance’ In 1983, a TA employee, Tony St Aubyn, the then assistant director of the Public Relations subcommittee of the Tobacco Advisory Council, gave a presentation to a public relations workshop in Washington called ‘How to set up a Tobacco Alliance’. He explained that UK tobacco companies saw it as part of their…

How Plain Packaging Proposals Developed In 1986 the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) adopted a proposal from Dr Gerry Karr to have cigarettes sold “in the equivalent of plain brown wrappers”. The following year, the CMA called on the federal government to introduce laws that would require that “tobacco products be sold in plain, standard-sized packages that state: ‘This product is…

This page is an extension of the page about Forest and provides some of the historical context of the organisation. People Forest was founded in 1979 by Sir Christopher Foxley-Norris. Between 1987 and 2006, its chairman was Ralph Harris, also known as Lord Harris of High Cross, who was “best known for his work at the…

Hiroshi Kimura was a Director of Japan Tobacco Group (JT) until he left the company in 2013.108109 Long-Standing Career at Japan Tobacco Kimura joined Japan Tobacco and Salt Public Corporation (now known as Japan Tobacco) in April 1976, and has held various leadership roles including:110 Executive Corporate Advisor of Japan Tobacco Inc. (since 2014) Chairman of…

Hermann Waldemer retired in July 2012 as the Chief Financial Officer for Philip Morris International (PMI), and is succeeded by Jacek Olczak.117[REF]The Associated Press, Philip Morris International CFO to retire, CBS News 7 May 2012, accessed 9 May 2012[/REF] External Resources Company profile…

The Henry Jackson Society describes itself as “a cross-partisan, British-based think-tank”.118 It says that its founders and supporters “are united by a common interest in fostering a strong British and European commitment towards freedom, liberty, constitutional democracy, human rights, governmental and institutional reform and a robust foreign, security and defence policy and transatlantic alliance”. It was founded in…

Background Dr Helen Evans is Director for Nurses for Reform, a free market think tank that favours privatisation of the British National Health Service. She is also a Health Fellow at the Adam Smith Institute. 120 She is married to Dr Tim Evans who is also on the Advisory Board of Nurses for Reform,…